Shifted Fate by Alicia S.Rivers

Chapter 504

We ran for hours. I stayed well away from the pack house and the dead caves. Nix and Megan kept me company as I worked through everything that was bouncing away in my head. Megan laid her head on my lap as I sat against the tree that I attacked earlier. "Do you think they are still looking for us?" Her question was soft.

"Probably not." Nix called back. "I haven't heard anyone in a long time, and they probably figured we needed space."

I shook my head. "They have to keep a low profile. No one can find out they are still alive." I ran my fingers through her fur.

She cocked her head to stare up at my face with one eye. "How does no one know the pack is alive?" She twisted, getting to her feet. "I've been thinking about this for a while and I have no idea how no one has figured out that the pack survived."

Nix slid to a stop. "I've never thought about it until right now. But Megan is right. You would think someone would have checked, right?"

I snorted. "Hubris."

"What?" Both my wolves sounded confused.

"I can't be certain, but knowing the players...Aurora, Verity, Vince. Without ever meeting Garith, I can honestly say they all are the same. They are cocky. Full of themselves. And searching for a dead person is a waste of their time." I looked at Megan. "Someone saw my dad die, and they took it and ran with it." I raised a shoulder. "There is a ninety percent chance my dad is using magic to cover up his tracks, but it all boils down to the fact that they are too full of themselves to double check someone they think is dead is really dead."

Megan snorted. "Stupid."

favor." I sighed as I pushed up from

me. "Are

nodded. "Spending a few hours pitying myself is enough."

doubt it's music waiting for you back

"But if we are lucky, Rowan will

and then to push us

They both turned to me. "Did you know?" I thought I was joking, but soon as the words left my lips, knew wasn't. We had spent these last years working

know you are hurting. But that hurt." Nix settled back on her

was before she found out we have been talking to Erubus behind her back." Megan laid down on her stomach. "And before she found out, I had

of school without

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two of us before she sighed, and then sank to her stomach. "Okay. I will agree that we have done a few things that might make you question us." She laid her head on her paws.

made my stomach clench. I stumbled over my footing as she turned to look at me "I don't know if you will even trust my words, Amy." She looked down. "I know I haven't been the most honest with you. But I swear, I didn't know. I would have told you